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New Mexico has bested all but two other states and the District of Columbia on the math portion of the biennial National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), posting improvements among fourth- and eighth-graders. Known as the nation’s report card, NAEP far better gauges student subject comprehension than state standardized tests and is often used by researchers to point out the somber state of K-12 education in the U.S. The national average among fourth graders was 240; New Mexico students posted average scores of 233.

From a statement just released by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.): First, we are sending AIG a letter asking them to renegotiate the contracts that

The American Liberty Alliance has pulled out of the Tea Party Convention; it had been a gold level co-sponsor. ALA’s Eric Odom explains why, citing concerns

As it turned out, Planned Parenthood did not lose federal funding for family planning and reproductive services in the federal budget for fiscal year 2011

My excellent friend Charlie of the excellent counterinsurgency blog Abu Muqawama asks for my thoughts on this excellent question from my other excellent friend

In an eloquent address at the Capitol Rotunda sponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Museum, Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. troops in the Middle East and

So the rumors were true. Moments ago, Defense Secretary Robert Gates officially announced that Marine Gen. James Amos, the assistant commandant, will replace

On the same day that the government produced the 2004 CIA Inspector General’s report on interrogations, it also turned over seven more memos and letters from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.

Two Democratic lawmakers recently introduced a bill that would authorize federally-funded abortions for women in the military who have been impregnated as the

In 2008, Barack Obama promised comprehensive immigration reform. Now, Republicans who won in Tuesday’s midterms are pledging to secure the borders. But gridlock will probably reign.

A hearing this week marks a small step forward for a bill that’s gone largely ignored by Congress.

Despite its minuscule marketing budget and no national distributor, the anti-abortion rights film Bloodmoney has already influenced public policy.

If I gave a speech saying that Israel had the right, invested in it by God, to permanently rule over millions of disenfranchised Palestinians in violation of

Less than a week after the public-interest law firm Americans United for Life (AUL) sent U.S. House members a lengthy report alleging 20 years of

The disclosure of Iran’s nuclear facility under construction for years in secret near Qom -- the second such undisclosed facility operated by Iran --

In my piece yesterday about the journalists who hawked the Saddam-Al Qaeda lie, I wrote that the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg has simply kept quiet about what

It looks like the millions of people expected to descend on Washington next month without a ticket for President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration will be able

As the Senate debates whether the DREAM Act should be included in the defense authorization bill next week, it seems like a good time for a quick refresher on

Pollster Scott Rasmussen confirms to me that his company will be polling the special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts tonight. It will be the first

Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) asks about SERE. Did Yoo ever get information on SERE ahead of his August 1, 2002 memo? The Justice Dept. has asked me not to answer

Democrats have raised more money than Republicans, as stories in both The New York Times and Politico point out today. It’s no secret among those tracking

As Presidents Obama and Karzai emphasize the strength of their countries’ relationship, a source in Kandahar has a bleaker take on the war in Afghanistan.

ST. LOUIS -- Speaking to a packed hotel ballroom at the conservative How to Take Back America Conference, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said that exposes of

This morning, I wrote a quick update on the sweeping child-nutrition bill that might pass Congress soon, and the standoff on its pay-for, a cut to food stamps,